Naimul Abrar’s Death: Anisul Hoque gets bail

A Dhaka court yesterday granted bail to Kishor Alo Editor Anisul Hoque and four others in a case filed over the death of Naimul Abrar Rahat, a student of Dhaka Residential Model College.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Jasim passed the order after the five surrendered before the court and sought bail in the case.

The four others are: Kabir Bakul, head of event and activation of Kishor Alo; Shuvashish Pramanik Shuvo and Shah Paran Tushar, assistants at event and activation of Kishor Alo; Mahitul Alam Pavel, senior assistant editor of Kishor Alo.

The court also withdrew the attachment order on the properties of them.

Earlier, the same court ordered to confiscate their properties after the complainant's lawyer appealed to it to issue such an order.

Abrar, a ninth-grader, was electrocuted during the anniversary programme of Prothom Alo's youth magazine Kishor Alo on November 1 last year.

Mojibur Rahman, the victim's father, filed the case against Prothom Alo Editor Matiur Rahman and nine others with the Fourth Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court in Dhaka on November 6 last year.

On January 16 this year, another Dhaka court issued arrest warrants against them after Mohammadpur Police Station Inspector Abdul Alim, also investigation officer of the case, submitted the probe report to the court.

Following the arrest warrants, the High Court on January 20 granted bail to Matiur Rahman for a period of four weeks and directed him to appear before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court of Dhaka after expiration of the period.

While granting the anticipatory bail to Matiur, the HC directed law enforcers not to harass or arrest him or any of the five other accused until the charges were framed in the case.

Matiur Rahman is now on bail in the case.